25-06-2016, 05:41 PM
the 6*1k didn't go great this week. i got the same pace as last time (smidge under 3:34) but it felt like harder work & average hr agrees. i set-off too quick, maybe the changes for my last 3 sessions also had an effect. i'm starting to race myself in the interval sessions, need to chill them out. the reason i am running them so hard is i really want to run a sub 18 5k asap & i reckon i need the 6*1k at 3:30 to achieve this which feels tantalizingly close!
i did my local fell race today. i was hoping for a sub 43 time but came in just under 44. I was the first local in & first of our club which is nice. i probably lost around one minute running the downs with a shoelace undone, then losing the shoe in mud & then having to stop again to tie the shoelace. i didn't really prepare for the race, thinking i'd use it as part of a training week. a mistake in hindsight as i really enjoyed the race, it being local & being supported by lots of people i know. not sure i paced it right, i was bent double through most of the ups & really struggled on the last 2k. reckon i ran some of the steeper ups that i would have been better walking. average heart rate for the race was 181 which is the highest i've seen for some time. main takeaway is that pacing hilly routes is really hard!!
back to normal training now until my holiday, mid august. thinking of adding in a max heart rate test soon, i've got it logged as 198 but i reckon it must be more like 195.
Next test is a 5k parkrun in 2 weeks time, come on sub 18!!!!!!
i did my local fell race today. i was hoping for a sub 43 time but came in just under 44. I was the first local in & first of our club which is nice. i probably lost around one minute running the downs with a shoelace undone, then losing the shoe in mud & then having to stop again to tie the shoelace. i didn't really prepare for the race, thinking i'd use it as part of a training week. a mistake in hindsight as i really enjoyed the race, it being local & being supported by lots of people i know. not sure i paced it right, i was bent double through most of the ups & really struggled on the last 2k. reckon i ran some of the steeper ups that i would have been better walking. average heart rate for the race was 181 which is the highest i've seen for some time. main takeaway is that pacing hilly routes is really hard!!
back to normal training now until my holiday, mid august. thinking of adding in a max heart rate test soon, i've got it logged as 198 but i reckon it must be more like 195.
Next test is a 5k parkrun in 2 weeks time, come on sub 18!!!!!!